After almost 18 years of living in Manhattan, I’ve decided to call Brooklyn my new home and to share this new chapter with my boyfriend Vlad.

I am very happy and want to take this opportunity to celebrate NYC’s greatness with a New York themed birthday party “Old New York meets new New York”! This party will be a one of a kind bash to remember, featuring some of the best entertainers NYC has to offer! Avenida B will perform live, along with the super sexy girls from Dance Soul Co., DJ Franklin Ayala & DJ Kaos will blend Salsa meets hip hop after hours, and some more special surprises will be announced soon

I am so thrilled to have designed my own dance shoe, The Talia Shoe for Burju, a shoe that is not only great to dance in and comfortable, but also sexy and sophisticated

On August 26th, we will celebrate its arrival with a special dance performance by my partner Lee and I (we are so excited to perform at TAJ again). We will also feature the shoes with a Dance/Fashion Show featuring one of my favorite designers, we will have giveaways, special cocktails and more…

You can now pre-order your shoes Burjushoes.com/Talia Just enter TALIA promo code for a special VIP discount

Was so much fun to perform at the United Nations Private Yatch Party. The event was the Farewell Party celebrating the Ambassadors and Special Good bye to Susan Rice. Was great to meet the Ambassadors from all over the world, particularly to meet and dance with Susan Rice.

After a short but long hiatus, I am so happy to be back dancing with my long time dance partner Lee Van Bradley. Last night we had a blast performing at the CNN event in NYC to the rhythms of Latin music. I look forward to sharing some video on the event and to continue performing throughout the summer.

Growing up in Peru, watching Carnival on TV was a must for the entire family. For me, it was as exciting as getting gifts over Christmas.
So, earlier this year, when Tony from En la Escena approached me about hosting Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, I couldn’t wait to be there and finally attend this world famous Carnival that had been on my bucket list for a long time. Once we settled, and got in with the summer pace of the city, we visited a few of the iconic sites: Cidade do Samba (city specially catered for the samba schools), Lapa (the bohemian district), the famous Scadaria Selaron steps and then finally sat to grab a caipirinha by Copacabana beach.
By Friday, the 1st official day of Carnival, 3 million tourists had arrived to Rio, the streets were filled with Blocos de Rua (street parades/parties), and party goers getting ready to attend the big opening night if you were lucky enough to have a ticket.
Later that night as we tried to find the press section through the huge Sambadrome of Sapucai (stadium of samba with 90,000 seats), I saw a sign that read “Rio Carnival 2013, Maior Show da Terra”, “Greatest Show on Earth”. It wasn’t until we got to the starting point of the Sambadrome (a 1/2 mile long runway), that I began to understand the magnitude of this greatest show on earth. I couldn’t believe how big the samba schools were, sometimes with over 1,500 members, including professional dancers, acrobats, hundreds of drummers, composers, singers, huge floats (between 8-10 per school), featuring TV stars and well known artist that have to be placed into the highest level of the floats by crane. I got chills watching some of the most beautiful smiles in what the NYTimes called a few years ago “The race of the future,” wearing the most colorful and extravagant outfits, characteristic of each Samba school, and of course the Queen and Princesses of Carnival dressed in the most exotic feather outfits. The energy was indescribable, each school with its own personality, giving it all, trying to win 1st place. After all they prepare all year long for this one day.
If you ask a Brazilian what is Carnival to them, they will tell you: Carnival is our soul, our maximum expression of life, and we express it at its fullest, we eat and drink like there will be no tomorrow, we dance like it will be the last time. Certainly, I felt that with each and every performer I met at Sapucai. Can’t wait to go back.